(a) Estimates for Northern Territory refer to mainly urban areas only, except all schools data and VET students.(b) Data refer to full-time students only.(c) State and territory totals exclude students of the Australian Catholic University which has campuses in more than one state or territory.(d) Australian total includes multi-state universities.(e) Data refer to recognised qualifications only.(f) Includes persons who have completed a course where the level can not be determined.(g) Data cover full-time and fractional full-time staff but exclude casual academic staff.Reference periods: Schools data are at August. Data on participation rates, educational attainment and unemployment rates are at May. VET and apprentice and trainee data are at 31 December. Higher education data and overseas student data are at 31 March. Schools data are at August. Reading and numeracy benchmark data are at August.

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